John Hall

Read Genesis 31-33

“I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant;” Genesis 32:10a As Jacob journeys home with his family and all he owns, he has already had an encounter with a Very Angry Father-in-law and the Angels of God. With both, God has spared his life, […]

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Read Genesis 28-30

“He was afraid and said, “How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.”” Genesis 28:17 As Jacob journeyed back to his mother’s home for a wife, he stops to spend the night at the city which would become known as Bethel (House

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Read Genesis 25-27

“It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah.” Genesis 26:8 This Verse always gets my attention. Here in today’s section, Isaac is asked by the Philistines about his wife. He replies,

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Read Genesis 22-24

“Before I had finished speaking in my heart…” Genesis 24:45a Here, we see Abraham’s servant being commissioned with finding a wife for his son Isaac. He would not allow him to take a wife from the women of Canaan and sent him back to search among his relatives. So, in obedience to his master’s wish,

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Read Genesis 18-21

“Is anything too difficult for the Lord?” Genesis 18:14a This is the question God asked Abraham when Sarah laughed at the news that “she would have a child”. We’re told that “Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “After I have become old, am I to have pleasure, my lord being old also?”” But it is also

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Read Genesis 15-17

“Now Sarai, Abram’s wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.” Genesis 16:1 This sounds like the beginning of a bad story. IT IS! God had promised Abram a multitude of children. He told him one night to “look toward the heavens and count the stars, if

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Hymns of The Morning

Our Daily Bread: Volume One This is the first of the Our Daily Bread Hymns series. As the Cover says, it is “Instrumental music to enhance your quiet moments with God”. I have uploaded this CD to YouTube and put it in a Playlist (see link below) so you can listen to the entire Album.

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Read Genesis 11-14

“Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.” Genesis 11:7 Two things stand out in Today’s Verse. The first one is the use of the word “Us”. No one needs an explanation that this is a Plural Form of the one talking. Here, God

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